Chapter 8 Allusions and other References All Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.” GPS “There’s no chance they could ever find it again without the GPS coordinates. I made certain they didn’t have those.”
anti anxiety meds “Mainly the probability of a nuclear attack.”
“But you told Mom?” He nodded. “She had to be medicated.And she can’t be on antianxiety meds when she’s pregnant. Her first bout of anxiety down here and she’d be running for the door, condemning us all.
radiation sickness*“ the grim reality of radiation sickness; vile beyond belief, endless puke an diarrhea until you die. Oppenheimer’s cholera.”
Literary Devices
“There’s a time lock, set to open fifteen years from the date we entered.” I already knew that much. Why was he so damned stingy with the details? ”
The smugness creeped me out. Just my opinion, but people in shelters after nuclear wars have no business being smug.
“Dad removed his reading glasses. ..“Eli, there’s something you don’t know.” You think? I remained silent.”
“I got a wireless Internet signal.” ....Even though I knew he’d been keeping stuff from us, that revelation threw me.... My words were full of disbelief. With a subtle trace of accusation.”
“...a while ago, I got a wireless Internet signal."
My mouth gaped. Dad smiled, nodding. “I know, I know, it felt like a miracle. I didn’t want to say anything.”
“I’m thinking a government somewhere, maybe ours, spread wireless Internet like a blanket, so survivors could be in contact with one another. Remember that place we went to in Colorado, on our skiing vacation?”
I nodded. “Yeah. They had free wireless all over town.”
“Dad, it’s been years.” I knew I was on the losing side of the debate due to the grim reality of radiation sickness; vile beyond belief, endless puke and diarrhea until you die. Oppenheimer’s cholera.”
“I could see Dad’s having ties to the government, but the stuff about Mom was bull. I didn’t buy it at all. ”
Chapter 8
Allusions and other References
All Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
“There’s no chance they could ever find it again without the GPS coordinates. I made certain they didn’t have those.”
anti anxiety meds
“Mainly the probability of a nuclear attack.”
“But you told Mom?”
radiation sickness*
Vocabulary and Concepts
landmarkscholerapoundeddumbstruck
Literary Devices
“There’s a time lock, set to open fifteen years from the date we entered.” I already knew that much. Why was he so damned stingy with the details? ”
The smugness creeped me out. Just my opinion, but people in shelters after nuclear wars have no business being smug.
“Dad removed his reading glasses. ..“Eli, there’s something you don’t know.”
You think? I remained silent.”
“I got a wireless Internet signal.” ....Even though I knew he’d been keeping stuff from us, that revelation threw me.... My words were full of disbelief. With a subtle trace of accusation.”
“...a while ago, I got a wireless Internet signal."
My mouth gaped. Dad smiled, nodding. “I know, I know, it felt like a miracle. I didn’t want to say anything.”
“I’m thinking a government somewhere, maybe ours, spread wireless Internet like a blanket, so survivors could be in contact with one another. Remember that place we went to in Colorado, on our skiing vacation?”
I nodded. “Yeah. They had free wireless all over town.”
“Dad, it’s been years.” I knew I was on the losing side of the debate due to the grim reality of radiation sickness; vile beyond belief, endless puke and diarrhea until you die. Oppenheimer’s cholera.”
“I could see Dad’s having ties to the government, but the stuff about Mom was bull. I didn’t buy it at all. ”